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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
L. Wamser & G. Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz: Arcäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern (exhibition catalogue), Munich, 1998, pp. 87-88, no. 82.
The fish was an important symbol in early Christian art; Augustine of Hippo explained that this was because the Greek word for fish, ichthys, was an acrostic for 'Iesous Christos, Theou Yios, Soter', which translates as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour'.
L. Wamser & G. Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz: Arcäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern (exhibition catalogue), Munich, 1998, pp. 87-88, no. 82.
The fish was an important symbol in early Christian art; Augustine of Hippo explained that this was because the Greek word for fish, ichthys, was an acrostic for 'Iesous Christos, Theou Yios, Soter', which translates as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour'.